STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Congress on Sunday decided to Gherao a Civil Secretariat on 9th May, on the opening day in Srinagar.
This was decided in a meeting of senior functionaries of JKPCC held here at Congress Headquarters under its President G.A Mir.
The meeting was attended by senior functionaries of PCC besides some legislators to take stock of the overall situation in the State. The meeting deliberated upon the current issues and political scenario of the State.
The meeting also took serious note of the decision of the PDP-BJP Government to discontinue the practice of summer secretariat in Jammu, after the Darbar move, for six months to the Summer Capital in Srinagar.
Criticising the decision of the government to discontinue the past practice where by the summer and winter secretariats use to function when Darbar moved to the other region as per Darbar move practice the said was to the benefits of common people of respective regions to meet their urgent grievances.
Describing this decision of the PDP-BJP Government as anti-people, Mir demanded setting up of summer secretariat in Jammu immediately, as per past practice.
The meeting welcomed verdict of the State High Court regarding holding the ULB elections in the State latest within the period of six months. The meeting hailed the decision of the Court and regretted the failure of the State Government to carry forward the schedule of the election formulated by the Governor’s administration besides deferring the Anantnag by polls, after declaration of its schedule by the Election Commissioner of India.
The meeting also discussed the schedule programmes of the party and preparation for these programmes of the party besides reviewing the membership drive.
Among who attended the meeting include Sham Lal Sharma, Rigzin Jora, Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla, Jugal Kishor Sharma, Kanta Bhan, Ravinder Sharma, Usman Majid (MLA), Delden Namgyal, Rajnish Sharma, Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Manjit Singh, Vikram Malhotra, Manmohan Singh, Faqir Nath, Namrata Sharma, Indu Pawar and Pranav Shagotra.